Analysis: Local deer-vehicle crashes down after harvest increase

11:15 PM,
Dec. 1, 2012

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Hunters killed more than 240,000 deer in Wisconsin during the nine-day gun deer season that wrapped up Nov. 25, according to the state's preliminary numbers, but are the local roads and highways safer for motorists as a result?

While numbers could indicate a successful gun deer hunting season would lead to lower numbers of vehicle-deer crashes, authorities say the statistics aren't always reliable, and regardless, people shouldn't let their guard down while driving.

There are inconsistencies in reporting deer-vehicle collisions in Wisconsin that make the data less than ideal for ...